The idea for my last blog post (my ten favorite online resources for advanced Java developers), was inspired by the Xiaoran Wang post Top 10 Websites for Advanced Level Java Developers .

The book Java Reflection in Action was published in 2004, but remains largely applicable eight years later. In this post, I review this book and cover its strengths and its weaknesses. In general ...

The book proper is organized as a handbook of Java, and indeed is a good pedal to the metal way to learn Java 8 even for those who may not be planning to become certified.

Java Performance, by Charlie Hunt and Binu John, provides performance tuning advice for both Java SE and EE applications. InfoQ reviews the book, and talks to the authors about their approach.

I have a friend who was a Java programmer about 5 years back. He has programmed in a few languages (C, C++, VB, java), so he is comfortable with code. For the last 5 years, he has been supporting ...

Java Testing and Design: From Unit Testing to Automated Web Tests teaches you a fast and efficient method to build production-worthy, scalable, and well performing Web-enabled applications. The ...

I've been learning Java for a semester and a bit and I've been working with BlueJ which has a handy textbook but it's scarcely a definitive reference - it's quite basic. I recently bought Sam's ...

Creating the architecture for a Java enterprise application has many facets. This book offers valuable advice for designing your next application.